This photo provided by the University of Florida, taken April 19, 2009, shows a mockingbird grazing University of Florida biology major Devon Duffy, in Gainesville, Fla., in an attempt to drive her ...

Mockingbirds are on the attack! One man told me he couldn’t get to his mailbox without a mockingbird dive-bombing him and screeching in his ears. Some students at Lone Star College-Kingwood report ...

Biologists are reporting that mockingbirds recognize and remember people whom the birds perceive as threatening their nests. If the white-and-grey songbirds common in cities and towns throughout the ...

Q During my morning walk, I saw a nest with two baby mockingbirds in it. As I approached the bush the nest was in, the parent bird flew off. It perched on a nearby mailbox and watched as I took a ...

One sunny afternoon in June, Denise Weinstein was walking Josie, her shaggy, white Maltese shih tzu mix, outside Century Village, the 55-and-older South Florida retirement complex where she lives.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists to urge pet owners to keep ...

It’s nesting season. Beware. Dive-bombing mockingbirds are in the air. That sudden fluttering of wings at your ear, that peck on the skull? Florida’s plucky state bird is warding off potential ...

Most of Georgia’s year-round songbirds, such as robins, bluebirds and cardinals, establish and aggressively defend territories during the spring and summer nesting season. Come autumn, however, with ...

A new Tulane University study finds that lead contamination in cities isn't just a risk for children. It could also mean fewer hatchlings for mockingbirds. The study, published in Environmental ...

One sunny afternoon in June, Denise Weinstein was walking Josie, her shaggy, white, Maltese shih tzu mix, outside Century Village, the 55-and-older South Florida retirement complex where she lives.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The birds are watching. They know who you are. And they will attack. Nope, not Hitchcock. It's science. University of Florida biologists are reporting that mockingbirds recognize ...